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B-230730 1 (1988-11-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnhp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oThe Comptroiler General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Department of the Navy - Fraudulent Travel Matter of Voucher File: B-230730 Date: November 23, 1988 DIGEST Employee's claim for reimbursement for lodging expenses is denied where the agency has met its burden of proof that claims for subsistence expenses were tainted by fraud. The agency investigation clearly revealed fraudulent statements on a travel voucher, and the failure to prosecute criminally for fraud does not preclude administrative action on a voucher where fraudulent action is strongly indicated. DECISION An employee of the Department of the Navy has appealed our Claims Group's settlement which denied his claim for reimbursement of lodging expenses for a period of temporary duty.l/ For the reasons that follow, we affirm our Claims Group's determination. BACKGROUND The employee worked at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, when he was sent on temporary duty to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, New Hampshire, from April 17 to June 15, 1978. He submitted a travel voucher for the period and claimed lodging expenses of $1,376.89 as part of his expenses for temporary duty. His total claim was in excess of $2,000. The Naval Investigative Service (NIS) investigated this employee and several other employees who also performed temporary duty at Portsmouth. The NIS determined that the employees had shared rooms at the Anchorage Motor Inn and had submitted inflated lodging receipts for reimbursement. 1/ Z-2862799, February 16,11980.

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